Well, the first rain of the season in the mediterranean countries (see previous blog entry) was not widespread. Only Syria got meaningful rains (poor forecast by the GFS model). However, the city of Aleppo in Syria received very heavy rainfall from a thunderstorm on Sep 27. (rainfall around 150mm)
The below photo was taken from Syria News
Flooded roads in Aleppo
By looking at the meteogram of Aleppo, we can see that a modetate thunderstorm hit Aleppo at 7AM GMT with temperatures dropping from 21 to 17c. Rainfall totals indicated by wunderground is 126mm ??? Click here for wunderground recorded weather for Aleppo
Aleppo meteogram
The World Meteorological Organization listed Aleppo in their page of heavy rain events. In fact, WMO reported rain up to 151.9 mm in 24 hours. That’s really big. It’s like the amount of rain that you get in a good winter as a whole here in the UAE.
WMO heavy rain/snow page
Click here for WMO page of heavy rain/snow events
Click here for more information on the storm by Syria news (Arabic)
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